Crackdown on protection racket

By MAZWIN NIK ANIS, IVAN LOH, RSN MURALI and N. TRISHA

PUTRAJAYA: A syndicate offering protection to errant lorry drivers has been smashed with the arrest of its members, most of them Road Transport Department (JPJ) officers.

Its modus operandi was similar to a syndicate that was uncovered in Penang two years ago.

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Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission , MACC , Road Transport Department , JPJ , Bribery

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